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Voting was fierce all weekend, and the conversation in the comments was even fiercer, but love them or hate them, Dreamhost came out on top with just under 28% of the overall vote. Hot on its heels in second was Bluehost, with just over 25% of the vote, losing to Dreamhost by a mere 95 votes, which shows you how close the battle was. The fight for second place was even fiercer, with Hostgator sliding in only four votes under Bluehost, and taking the third place slot at 25% of the votes cast (25.02%, specifically, to Bluehost's 25.12%.) In fourth place, homegrown hosting company A Small Orange managed to bring in over 12% of the overall vote, and bringing up the rear, VPS provider Linode brought in close to 10% of the votes cast.

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